Ministers Hussen, Duncan hire new policy advisers

Sport and Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, left, has a new senior policy adviser, Michael Paramathasan, while Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, right, has hired a senior policy adviser from the international trade minister's office. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, file

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has a few new faces on his political staff team, including new senior policy adviser Jade-Émilie Daigneault who recently arrived from Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr’s office.

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